Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road,Mail Stop 285, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591

V -- CHARTER RESEARCH VESSEL!! SOL 00WRSS0002!! DUE 030100 POC Bernard S. Jackson (650)329-4160 WEB: NA!!, NA!!. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer!!, sbjackson@usgs.gov. The U. S. Geological Survey requires a fully found vessel to support marine geophysical research in the waters between Santa Monica Bay, California and the Mexican border to acquire high-quality reflection seismic data and acoustic imagery. Work is to occur between 6/1/2000 and 6/30/2000. Operations will last continuously for 21 days. The proposal evaluation criteria,in relative order of importance,is as follows:(1) conformance to minimum desired vessel specifications;(2) crew qualifications and experience;(3)past performance in survey work;(4) cost tradeoffs and overall value.The Government contemplates a firm fixed-price COMMERCIAL ITEM (services) contract. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by this agency. RFP 00WRSS0002 may be requested from the Contracting Officer.The SIC is 4499. Business Size standard is $5.0 M. Offerors are encouraged to provide descriptive literature (photographs, drawings, or brochures) with their offer. Offers submitted via e-mail or facsimile will NOT be accepted. The anticipated award date is March 30, 2000.The Government may award without discussion. See note 1***** Posted 01/25/00 (W-SN418929). (0025)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0060 20000127\V-0001.SOL)